garbage collection « concurrency « Java Thread Q&A

1. Does a running thread in an object prevent it from being garbage collected in java?    stackoverflow.com

Given the code:

 new Thread(new BackgroundWorker()).start();

2. "abort preclean due to time" in Concurrent Mark & Sweep    stackoverflow.com

I'm getting "abort preclean due to time" when running Concurrent Mark & Sweep in Java 6. What does it mean? Is the GC really halting in the middle before it did any ...

3. How to reduce java concurrent mode failure and excessive gc    stackoverflow.com

In Java, the concurrent mode failure means that the concurrent collector failed to free up enough memory space form tenured and permanent gen and has to give up and let the ...

4. Any sense to specify additional GC to the concurrent one?    stackoverflow.com

Today we use the concurrent mark sweep specifying it like this:

-XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC

-XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+CMSIncrementalMode -XX:+UseParNewGC

5. Concurrent Garbage Collection    coderanch.com

I am new to this forum. And I am here to get answers for a few questions abt the Concurrent Garbage Collection. (1) Enabling the Concurrent Garbage Collector: By adding the concurrent garbage collector switch -J-XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC to the netbeans.conf file. But how am I supposed to add the switch in the netbeans.conf file? is it using command prompt or is it ...